7th Jan 2009, 06:46

I have an N Reg Citroen 1.5 AX diesel with 29,000 miles.

I have had it about a year and am very pleased with it, however starting has got progressively worse in recent weeks. My friendly mechanic has replaced the glows, but advises that (like Rob in 2002) there is a compression problem. This week with the cold snap, it won't start at all, even though the battery sounds fine.

My mechanic does not have the tools to do the inlet valves clearance in order to resolve the compression problem.